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VETERANS SERVICES
Veterans Serving Veterans
Special Event's:
Veteran's Career & Training Fair November 2008
Fred Myerson Quincy Career
Center - Veterans Specialist. He can be reached at 617-745-4063 or by
email
Mike Kelley Quincy Career
Center - Veterans Specialist. He can be reached at 617-745-4024 or by
email
What we Do:
Our Veterans' specialists will:
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help you organize your job search, |
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work with you to design your own personal employment plan, a comprehensive
and flexible way to help you manage your job search, |
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assist you with writing your resume, and |
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help you to develop your job leads. |
Local veterans' employment representatives
Local Veterans' Employment Representatives (LVERS) are
state employees located in the state's One-Stop Career Centers. Their job is
to provide job search services to veterans by:
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supervising the provision of all services to veterans including
counseling, testing, and identifying training and employment
opportunities; |
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monitoring job listings from federal contractors to see that eligible
veterans get priority in referrals to these jobs; |
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monitoring federal department and agency vacancies listed at local
One-Stop Centers processing complaints from veterans about the observance
of veterans' preference by federal employers; |
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promoting and monitoring the participation of veterans in federally-funded
employment and training programs; |
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cooperating with the
Department of Veterans Affairs to
identify and aid veterans who need work-specific prosthetic devices,
sensory aids or other special equipment to improve their employability;
and |
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contacting community leaders, employers, unions, training programs and
veterans' service organizations to be sure eligible veterans get the
services to which they are entitled. |
For
more information about U.S. Department of Labor employment and training
programs for veterans, contact the
Veterans' Employment and Training Service
office nearest you, listed in the phone book in the United States
Government under the Labor Department.
Disabled Veterans' Outreach
Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program Specialists (DVOPS)
develop job and training opportunities for veterans, with special emphasis
on veterans with service-connected disabilities.
DVOP Specialists provide direct services to veterans to
help them to compete in the labor market. They provide outreach and offer
assistance to disabled and other veterans by promoting community and
employer support for employment and training opportunities, including
apprenticeship and on-the-job training.
DVOP Specialists work with employers, veterans'
organizations, the
U.S Department of Veterans Affairs and
the
U. S. Department of Defense, and
community-based organizations to link veterans with appropriate jobs and
training opportunities.
DVOP Specialists serve as case managers for veterans
enrolled in federally-funded job training programs such as the Department of
Veterans Affairs' Vocational Rehabilitation program, and other veterans with
serious disadvantages in the job market. DVOPs are available to those
veterans and their employers to help ensure that necessary follow up
services are provided to promote job retention.
The
U.S. Department of Labor provides
funding for DVOP specialist positions. These specialists are located in
One-Stop Career Centers across the
state.
DVOP Specialists may also be stationed at regional
offices and medical or veterans' outreach centers of the Department of
Veterans Affairs, state or county veterans' service offices, community-based
organizations, and military installations.
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